Other cities are expected to soon follow. This desert city gets less than 9 inches of rain a year and experienced the two hottest years in its recorded history in 2023 and 2024.

A massive dust storm swept across western Texas Thursday afternoon, setting the skies afire in an eerie orange color.

The online retailed ranked the safest 24-hour cities based on factors like crime rates, public safety measures and late-night infrastructure. El Paso was first, and one of four Texas cities that made the list. Austin, Fort Worth and San Antonio also made the Texas top 10 list.

El Paso topped the list as the safest among all others in the country. Austin, Fort Worth and San Antonio joined the west Texas city in the top 10.

Marisa Limón Garza is the executive director of an El Paso immigration legal aid nonprofit and a 2025 USA TODAY’s Women of the Year honoree.

Sixty soldiers from the Texas Military Department took the oath to support the U.S. Border Patrol in its mission to enforce immigration laws.

A Texas driver, Luis Vargas, is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a lost dog running along a freeway in El Paso around 3 a.m. on February 26.

Texas Hart, a University of Texas at El Paso student and rising star in the local music scene, recently won the 2025 Battle of the Bands at Lowbrow Palace.

El Paso was first, and one of four Texas cities that made the list. Austin, Fort Worth and San Antonio also made the Texas top 10 list. El Paso previously has done well in safe city studies.

“El Paso, Texas, is the center of the universe in water ... The TCEQ spokesperson said that Liberty Hill, north of Austin, has notified the agency of its intent to pursue direct potable reuse.